chasing the dark

Chapter 121

"At the end of February this year, you were involved in the case of a blind girl's suicide, right?" Ye Zhanzhou saw Jiang Yu follow Lao Yang into the office, and beckoned her to come over.

"You mean Li Chenxing?" Chen Chaoran asked.

"Yes, you have a pretty good memory." Pointing to the chair opposite, Ye Zhanzhou signaled Jiang Yu to wait for him for a while.

"Hey, I'm not like you, I handle big cases every day. This kind of deadly case doesn't happen a few times a year, of course I remember it clearly." Chen Chaoran said, "There are activities in the community in the afternoon, starting at 02:30, I have to maintain order. If you are in a hurry, I will go to your city bureau now."

"It's not that urgent. Are you not on duty tonight? Let's find a place to talk after work?"

It's almost twelve o'clock now, and it takes some time to go back and forth, so it's better to talk about it at night.

"Not on duty. I'll call you after work."

The police station is not like the criminal police team, they are busy with cases all day long.But there are too many trivial things, and it is rare to leave work on time, and the time can only be determined when the time comes.

Seeing Ye Zhanzhou put away the line, Jiang Yu handed over the transcript.

"Zhong Lingjun doesn't know the reason for Yun Qi's resignation, let alone that she is dead."

While in the interrogation room, Lao Yang received the news that Yun Qi—that is, Li Chenxing had committed suicide.

After insinuating Zhong Lingjun and confirming that he didn't know, the interrogation ended.

"Chen Chaoran, do you remember?" Ye Zhanzhou didn't read the transcript, but tapped his phone, "He is one of the investigators of Li Chenxing's suicide case. I have made an appointment with him to meet at night."

Seeing the little girl's discouraged look, he raised his chin: "What's wrong? Are you downcast?"

"I thought the case would progress if we found Yun Qi, but now that everyone is dead, this clue... oh, it's broken again." Jiang Yu sighed.

She once thought that Ding Yang and Fang Kun's new girlfriend might be the same person, and they were also important suspects in this case.When he learned about Yun Qi's entanglement with them, he still thought to himself that maybe finding this woman would lead to a breakthrough in the case.

But these days, there have been constant blows. Yun Qi is a blind man, and Yun Qi committed suicide... Jiang Yu felt that this case was a mess.

"Are you discouraged?" Ye Zhanzhou didn't feel anxious in the deadlock at all, and smiled lightly, "We have to eat every bite, and the case has to be investigated bit by bit. The higher authorities have set a deadline for solving the case. What are you in a hurry for?"

Even if no one urges you, if you have a case, you have to hurry up and handle it.But I didn't want the little girl to have too much pressure because of this, so I spoke very easily.

He tapped the phone screen to check the time, and he got up: "Go, let's eat."

……

At around seven o'clock in the evening, two men and two women were sitting in a private room of Lao Pu's barbecue restaurant. They were the four people who broke into the house in the middle of the night to find clues.

It was Chen Chaoran's intention to call Jing Hong and Jiang Yu, and he said that he just took this opportunity to get together.

Because he wanted to talk about the case, Ye Zhanzhou called Lao Pu in advance and asked him to reserve the innermost private room.

The barbecue is served quickly, and the tables are full in no time.

Old Pu came in to say a few words of politeness, and went out to be busy.

Summer is a good time for barbecues. Not only are the houses full, but tables are set up outside the store.

Jing Hong held up the cup: "It's rare to have a meal together, come on, let's go first."

Glancing at her nearly overflowing glass of beer, Jiang Yu touched her with his glass of freshly squeezed juice: "Sister Hong, are you not driving?"

She and Ye Zhanzhou came directly from the bureau, and Jing Hong came directly from the outside, so I don't know where she left the car.

"Let's find a replacement driver." Jing Hong didn't care, touched the two men respectively, and drank half a glass of wine.

Putting down his wine glass, Ye Zhanzhou asked: "Detachment, I read that Li Chenxing was poisoned by carbon monoxide in the report. Was she already dead when you arrived?"

"It's so dead, it's hard." Chen Chaoran said regretfully, "It's pitiful, one dead body and two lives."

"What the hell?" Jing Hong's eyes widened.

Jiang Yu was also surprised. The amount of information she received in the past two days was too much, which made her wonder if she was hallucinating.

"The forensic doctor of the sub-bureau said that Li Chenxing is more than two months pregnant." Chen Chaoran said.

"Have you had an autopsy?" Ye Zhanzhou asked.

"No, her whole face is flushed red..." Chen Chaoran thought for a while, "By the way, the forensic doctor said it was cherry red, typical carbon monoxide poisoning. Blood tests confirmed it was correct."

Jing Hong threw the peeled peanut into her mouth and asked, "It must be suicide?"

"Of course, trace inspection and forensic medicine can prove it." Chen Chaoran said very firmly, "Li Chenxing put a recliner in the kitchen, and she lay on it, with both gas valves turned to the maximum."

"Is there a suicide note?" Jiang Yu asked.

"No." Chen Chaoran shook his head, "But the evidence at the scene is obvious, it was suicide, and the family members have no objection to this."

"Who else is in her family?" Ye Zhanzhou didn't want to entangle himself in the question of whether to commit suicide.

Since trace inspection and forensic examination had been done at that time, there must be no mistakes.What's more, half a year has passed, and now I want to check and I can't start.

"Just one older brother. Her father was a sailor. He divorced her mother a long time ago, and there has been no news since then. Her mother finally raised the two children. She died of cancer a few years ago, and there are only two brothers and sisters left. .Her brother is called Li Jun, and he runs a small restaurant. Li Chenxing has a good voice, can play the guitar, and sings in bars."

After clinking glasses with Ye Zhanzhou and taking a sip, Chen Chaoran continued: "But her boyfriend never showed up. Her brother said that she didn't have a boyfriend, at least he didn't know. He also said that everyone is dead anyway, and who is the father of the child has already decided?" It's not important anymore. Please don't say it, so as not to damage my sister's reputation."

Sighing, he took another sip of wine: "Since the family members have said so, we don't need to pursue it any further. This case will be closed."

The evidence at the scene is conclusive, and the family members of the deceased did not raise any objections. Closing the case as suicide fully complies with the case-handling procedures.

"Don't drink so fast, eat some meat." Jing Hong put the grilled meat on the plate in front of him.

"Where is this?" Chen Chaoran poured the rest of the wine into the glass and opened a new bottle.He drank the wine in a hurry, since he entered the door, he has already opened the third bottle.

At the beginning, I was happy because I had the opportunity to get together, and I had a few drinks in a row.Speaking of the case, my heart was heavy, and I didn't let go of the wine glass.

After eating the meat that Jing Hong gave, Chen Chaoran knocked out two cigarettes from the cigarette case, lit them separately with Ye Zhanzhou, and then said again: "These Li family brothers and sisters are really pitiful, just don't care about the little daddy, life is going on." It was not easy. I finally grew up, and my mother is gone. Li Jun, the only sister who suffered the most, committed suicide when she said she committed suicide. , Kneeling on the ground and crying, that's heartbreaking."

(End of this chapter)